Saint-Sever-Calvados
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| local community | Noues de Sienne | |
| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Calvados | |
| Arrondissement | Vire | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 50 ′ N , 1 ° 3 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 14380 | |
| Former INSEE code | 14658 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2017 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | www.saint-sever-calvados.fr | |
 Notre-Dame church with a free-standing bell tower |
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Saint-Sever-Calvados is a former French commune with last 1,244 inhabitants (as of January 1 2014), the Severin , in the department of Calvados in the region of Normandy .
On January 1, 2017, Saint-Sever-Calvados was incorporated into the new municipality of Noues de Sienne as part of a regional reform together with nine neighboring municipalities . Saint-Sever-Calvados represents the administrative seat of Noues-de-Sienne as the “superordinate district”.
geography
Saint-Sever-Calvados is about 60 kilometers west-southwest of Caen . The river Sienne has its source here .
Saint-Sever-Calvados was surrounded by the neighboring communities of Sept-Frères in the north, Le Mesnil-Caussois in the northeast, Mesnil-Clinchamps in the east and northeast, Saint-Manvieu-Bocage in the east and southeast, and Champ-du-Boult in the south and southeast , Le Gast in the south, Coulouvray-Boisbenâtre in the south-west, Fontenermont in the west and Courson in the west and north-west.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1836 | 1876 | 1926 | 1946 | 1968 | 1990 | 2014 |
| Residents | 1,539 | 1,685 | 1,540 | 1,400 | 1,680 | 1,415 | 1,409 | 1,244 |
| Source: Cassini, EHESS and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Notre-Dame church, former 11th century convent, monument historique since 1881 ; a large number of objects inside is listed separately as Monument historique
- Hermit chapel from the 17th century; Parts of the equipment are classified as Monument historique
- Remains of a moth , Monument historique since 1983
- Forest of Saint-Sever
- Launay Castle
- La Braiserie Castle
- Chenel Castle
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on the municipal merger on calvados.gouv.fr (French)
- ↑ Saint-Sever-Calvados - Cassini
- ↑ Notre-Dame Church in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ a b Monuments historiques - Church of Notre-Dame // Hermitage Chapel - Palissy database of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ^ Motte in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)